Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Generalization

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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, com a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
— Robert A. Heinlein

Found in John Samaras’ email signature. I served as an Ex-Officio member of the Faculty Senate Technology Subcommittee of which he was a member and at one point chair.

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